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Filed Sept. 16, 1931 flrzfwk C. 5/7117);

INVENTOR ATTORNEY5 latented Nov. 1, 1932 ARTHUR 0. SMITH, 013 SANANTONIO, TEXAS TOY Application filed September 16, 1931.

" certain amount of skill in its operation.

A further object is to provide a device the class described particularlyadapted to teach the young child to hit ball with a bat.

A further object is to provide a de ice or the class described in whicha slotted bat and a rubber ball may be utilized in producing noises.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the fol owing specification,and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming part ofthis application, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a batembodying my invention,

Figure 2 is an end view of the device shown in Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a side view of the same device.

In carrying out my invention 1 make use of a hat 1 which may be made ofwood. hat 1 is provided with an elongated slot 2 separating the strikingportion of the bat into an upper portion 3 and a lower portion 4. Eachof these portions may be provided with transverse openings 5 and 6 whichmay be in alignment with each other substantially as shown. If desired,the upper portion 13 may be relatively larger and more rigid than thelower portion l. A string or band 7 which may be made of rubber may besupported in any suitable manner by the upper The Serial No. 563,174.

the purpose of making this lower portion w more flexible.

The noise is produced in my device by striking the ball with the bat inany manner adapted to snap the lower portion 4 against the upper portion8. If desired, the string and the ball may be dispensed with and thenoise may be produced by suitably striking the bat against any objecthaving sufiicient rigidity to snap the portions 3 and 4t tog-ether.

I claim:

1. A clapper means having a handle portion and a clapping portion, saidclapping portion including two elongated clapping members connected tosaid handle portion at their inner end and separated from each other attheir outer end, one of said clapping members being flexible and adaptedto snap against the other of said clapping members for the purpose ofmaking a noise, each of said clapping members being perforated andthreaded intermediate its center and its outer end by a string having aball secured thereto for the purpose herein described, said perforationsextending transversely through the clappers and being in substantialalignment with each other.

2. A device for producing a noise comprising a bat having an integralhandle portion and an integral elongated slotted portion,

said slotted portion comprising two elongated substantially parallelextending memhere which are separated at their outer ends, one of whichis adapted to strike against the other when it is struck for producingav noise thereby, said extending members being perforated transverselyintermediate of their centers and their outer end, said perforationsbeing threaded by a rubber string secured to said bat at one end andsecured to a rubber ball at the other end for the purpose hereindescribed.

ARTHUR 0. SMITH.

